Friday, July 19, 2024
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canadian Lung Association have awarded Dr. David Hammond, a professor in the School of Public Health Sciences, $2 million to examine the health impact of vaping among more than 1,000 young people who will be followed over a two-year period.
The team includes researchers from the University of Waterloo, McGill University, the University of Toronto, Ottawa Heart Institute, the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, the U.S. FDA, as well as experts from Physicians for a Smoke-free Canada, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health and Maamwesying North Shore Community Health Services.